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Letters latent No. 76,810, dated April 14, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN SWING SHEEP'FEEDER.

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'TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, AMOS PUTNAM, of Vernon, (Big .Bend post oflice,) in the county of Waukesha, and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new andimproved Swing Sheep-Feeder; and I-do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the-same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part'of this specification, in which- Figure is a top or plan view of my improved sheep-feeder attached to a frame, and showing in red lines the relative position of the racks, cribs, or troughs.

Figure 2 is a vertical cross-section of the same, taken through-the line .e x, fig. 1. Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention has for its object to. furnish a. means by Which sheep may be fed quicker and with less annoy.

ance than is possible when the feeding is done in the ordinary manner, and with the ordinary means.

' And it consists in the use of a double slide or 'spoutpivoted to the frame of a shed or other framework, and

swinging in such a way as to guide the hay or other feed into one or the other of tW adj cent racks, cribs, or troughs, as hereinafter more fully described.

A is a frame, which may be a part of the framework of asheep-shed or barn, or which may be built expressly to support the slide or feeder B. Y I

0 represents the flooring of the scaffold or other place upon which the hay or other feed is stored, and from which it is to be transferred to the racks, cribs, or troughs, from which the sheep feed.

The feeder 'or slide B ismade with flanges or ledges projecting upon both sides from each of itsside edges, as shown in fig. 1, and is of such a length, and is pivoted directly over the space between two parallel racks in such a way that its lower end, when swung to one side, shall be directly over one of the said feeding-racks, cribs, or troughs, and when swung in the other direction, may be directly over the otherrack, crib, or trough.

The upper end-of the feeder B should extend so far above the floor C that when its lower end is swung to either side, its said upper end may cover the one part ofQthe hole or opening in the floor-C, within which it is pivoted.

The breadth of the feeder must depend upon thelength of the feeding-racks and the breadth of the shed in which it is placed. I I V I Any desired number of the feeders B may be used, according to the extent of the shed or sheds, and the number of sheep to be fed. I i

. The upper end of the feeder B, which projects above the floor C, should be made s'ufiiciently heavy to balonce or hold said feeder in place while in use. I I

I claim as new, and desire .to secure by Letters latent- The removable-spout B, hung in open bearings withinthe opening in the floor C, and provided with flanges on both faces and at both sides, when so arranged that as its lower end is swung to either side, its upper end will cover one part of the opening in the fioorC, whereby hay or other feed is conveyed from said floor G,

into either one of the parallel racks, cribs, or tronghs, as set forth.

' AMOS PUTNAM.

Witnesses:

P. H. OABNEY, JOSEPH KAY. 

